COWES & RIVER MEDINA countryside marina is ideally suited to families with children and dogs. There are over 200 walk ashore finger berths, as well as many amenities including a fully refurbished restaurant, with a superb children’s play area. COWES & RIVER MEDINA There are also showers, a laundry room, car parking, free Wi-Fi, a well-stocked chandlery, winter hard standing, on site boat repairers, a 50 ton travel hoist Island Harbour and slipway. Call Sign ‘Island Harbour’ on VHF CH80. Notify the Marina of your arrival when entering the Folly Reach. To enter Island Harbour, continue up the main channel until you reach the red lane markers, then make your turn as directed by the duty Lock Keeper. There is a ‘waiting pontoon’ opposite the lane markers which can be used for a short stay fee. Access is approximately 4 hours either side of HW depending on your draft, although there is a 2.2 metre draught restriction into the marina over the lock gates’ sill. Marina staff are always on hand to help you through the lock, as well as to assist you onto your berth in inclement weather. Contact: Island Harbour, Mill Lane, Binfield, Newport, PO30 2LA. Tel: 01983 539994. island-harbour.co.uk 81 solenthandbook.com